XML Elements

The following sections include information about the Windows Script Host XML elements.

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<?job?> Element: XML processing instruction that specifies attributes for error handling.
<?XML?> Element: Indicates that a file should be parsed as XML.
<description> Element: Marks the descriptive text that appears when the user runs ShowUsage() or runs the script with the /? command line switch.
<example> Element: Makes your script self documenting.
<job> Element: Marks the beginning and the end of a job within a Windows Script file (*.wsf).
<named> Element: Marks a particular named argument to the script.
<object> Element: XML element that is used in Windows Script component files and that defines objects that can be referenced by script.
<package> Element: Encloses multiple job definitions in a Windows Script Host control (.wsf) file.
<reference> Element: XML element that includes a reference to an external type library.
<resource> Element: XML element that isolates textual or numeric data that should not be hard-coded into a script.
<runtime> Element: Groups together the set of run-time arguments for a script.
<script> Element: XML element that contains script to define the behavior of a Windows Script component.
<unnamed> Element: Describes an unnamed argument for the script.
<usage> Element: Allows user to override default usage display.